Details of previously successful NHMRC Fellowship Award funding recipients.
Australia Fellowship
This Fellowship aims to attract and retain leading health and medical researchers. It is designed for outstanding health and medical researchers across all disciplines and will consist of a one line budget of $800,000 per annum for five years. Applications are invited from leading researchers both in Australia and around the world.
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
Research Fellowships
An NHMRC Research Fellowship is a full time research position of five years duration. It enables high calibre biomedical and health researchers with a proven track record in research to undertake research of significant benefit to the health of Australians. Opportunities exist in biomedical, clinical and population health research.
The following list provides details of Research Fellows who commenced a five-year fellowship in each respective year. It is comprised of both individuals who commenced their first NHMRC Research Fellowship and those who were successful in gaining support for a further five years. Applicants seeking renewal in the scheme were assessed and ranked with those seeking an initial appointment. Continuation in the scheme is based on merit in open competition.
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
- Successful Research Fellowship applications for 2006 (PDF, 20KB)
- Successful Research Fellowship Promotions for 2006 (PDF, 11KB)
Practitioner Fellowships
An NMHRC Practitioner Fellowship is a part-time research position of 5 years duration. It is intended to assist experienced and productive clinical and public health researchers who wish to maintain both a research and a professional career. Successful applicants will, for their non-research time, be employed by a health care authority to provide clinical care, or public health services or related policy activity.
The following list provides details of Practitioner Fellows who commenced a five-year fellowship in each respective year. It is comprised of both individuals who commenced their first NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship and those who were successful in gaining support for a further five years. Applicants seeking renewal in the scheme were assessed and ranked with those seeking an initial appointment. Continuation in the scheme is based on merit in open competition.
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
Sir Macfarlane Burnet Fellowship
The purpose of the Sir Macfarlane Burnet Fellowship Scheme is to provide support to Australians who have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, to carry out high quality research to further advance Australia’s health and medical research capabilities.
NHMRC Sir Macfarlane Burnet Fellowships are available for Australian Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine to assist them to conduct high quality research in their discipline or to provide leadership to up-and-coming researchers.
Sir Macfarlane Burnet Fellowship to commence in 2009
Successful application
Professor Barry Marshall, Professor of Microbiology at the University of Western Australia, was awarded a Sir Macfarlane Burnet Fellowship commencing in 2009.
The Burnet Award
The Burnet Award provides opportunities for the most outstanding Australian biomedical or health researchers who have been working overseas to return to Australia. The five year, one line budget will provide them with a salary package and additional funds to allow them to establish their research team in Australia and to continue to undertake research that is of major importance in its field and of significant benefit to Australian health and medical research.
Burnet Award Commencing 2005
Successful application
The following applicant was successful in the 2005 funding round and will commence a five-year Burnet Award in July 2005: Professor Jonathan Sprent - Centenary Institute.